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Unclassified road crash in Merton SM4 on 27 January 1986 at 16:30 involving a motor scooter

A motor scooter and a car were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Merton at 16:30 on Monday 27 January 1986. The 19-year-old female rider of the motor scooter was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in rain and high winds on a wet dual carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a private drive or entrance.

Severity
Slight
Date
27 Jan 1986
Monday, 16:30
Vehicles
2
Motor scooter and car
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.39568, longitude -0.18295, in the SM4 postcode district and within the built-up area of Merton.

Map of where the crash happened in Merton

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
198601VW00041
Council area
Merton
Police force
Metropolitan Police

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph

Junction information

Junction type
Using private drive or entrance
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
Unclassified

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Raining with high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 20 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 12 July 1988.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Motor scooter

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    19 years

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    50 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Slight

    Female, aged 19, motor scooter rider or passenger, on vehicle 1 (Motor scooter)

Data source

This record comes from the Department for Transport’s road safety data (STATS19), in which police forces in Great Britain record every road crash reported to them where someone was injured. It is reference 198601VW00041 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Merton road accident statistics for 1986.